The coaching supervision method of The Inner Advocate®.
A supervision conversation with me is a reflective space to learn, recharge, assess, and improve yourself alongside your coaching practice. My method depends on a unique mixture of principles, underpinnings, and values.
Principles.
I work as a supervisor based on the following principles:
holistic - you are a professional coach with more than one professional identity, and you are much, much more than these;
systemic - including the many different parts of your life that have influence or an investment in our work;
expansive - catalyzing on your desire to learn and develop as a professional and as a person;
future-orientation - moving toward the greater purpose you imagine for yourself as a coaching professional considering that you are the coaching instrument; and
sustainable - that our work together has a lasting effect on your coaching practice as well your life but does not negatively impact the planet we share.
Underpinnings of the work.
As your supervisor, my knowledge base includes many different models, theories, philosophies, and concepts. Many of these come from my two supervision training qualifications, some will be familiar to you from coaching or psychology, and others come from my own curiosity about the world and how it interconnects. If you would ever like to know more about anything in particular, please do not hesitate to ask.
This list is written in no particular order of importance other than starting with models of supervision because, after all, this is about the work of supervision.
Supervision models – 7-Eyed-Model, Seven Conversations Model, Full Spectrum Model
Psychological considerations – Gestalt, Drama Triangle, Transactional Analysis and scripts, inner child, parts work, parallel process, transference, projection, deference
Beyond the mind – trauma-informed, head-heart-gut, emotions, somatics/embodiment, energy, breathwork
Other Theories or Approaches – Constellations / Systems, Theory U, Time to Think, Non-Violent Communication
Creative Tools – poetry, writing, drawing, painting, music, metaphors, clay, cards, objects, nature
Spiritual or cultural writings and philosophies - The Work, A Course in Miracles, the I-Ching, Buddhism
Other relevant and important concepts – mindfulness, the Field, time, speed, silence, relativity, values, ethics
Every day of the year I am reading, attending webinars and courses, or learning something new from my clients, supervisors, and therapist. Therefore, I consider the list above to be constantly evolving in how it manifests through the work of supervision.
Whether or not we share some of the same approaches to our work as professionals, what I mainly look for in my own supervisors as well my clients is curiosity about the data that work and life present to us and the willingness to go deep within ourselves to find new connections, perspectives, and meaning. This is how our own growth as people and as professionals can catalyze deeper, more significant, and lasting change for our clients.
Values in the Work.
Love
Courage
Freedom
Peace
Fun
